An American national and a French woman evacuated from the cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak have tested positive, officials have said, as the complex operation to repatriate those on board continued.

Two Irish women who were on board a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak are in good health and showing no symptoms of the virus, the Interim Chief Medical Officer has said.

The co-founder of NoMac Productions, one of the dozens of businesses severely impacted by a fire at a business centre in Waterford city, has said she does not believe her business will reopen following the blaze.

The Health Service Executive has warned that the National Ambulance Service will experience delays in responding to non-life-threatening calls due to industrial action by staff.

Follow live developments as British Prime Minister Keir Starmer begins a political fightback in a speech that says rebuilding relations with the rest of Europe will be his government's defining mission.